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Privacy Policy: Bee IT Solutions

Last Updated: 21st January 2026

At Bee IT Solutions (referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”), we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website (https://www.beeitsolutions.co.uk) or use our services.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Bee IT Solutions is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

Contact Details:

    • Full name of legal entity: Bee IT Solutions Ltd

    • Email address: info@beeitsolutions.co.uk

  • Postal address: 25 Howley Park Business Village, Pullan Way, Howley Park Road East, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0BZ

  • Telephone number: 0113 887 4311

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO.

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data: Name, username, or similar identifier.

  • Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.

  • Technical Data: IP address, login data, browser type and version, time zone setting, and location.

  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.

  • Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of a Contract: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.

  • Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., for website security or business improvement).

  • Comply with a Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory requirement.

  • Consent: Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third-party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message.

4. Disclosures of Your Personal Data

We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes described in this policy:

  • Internal Third Parties: Other companies in our group (if applicable).

  • External Third Parties: Service providers acting as processors who provide IT and system administration services, professional advisers (lawyers, bankers, auditors), and HM Revenue & Customs.

5. International Transfers

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

  • We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.

  • Where we use certain service providers (e.g., cloud storage in the US), we may use Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA).

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, and contractors who have a business “need to know.”

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

  • Customer Records: Retained for 6 years after the end of the contract for tax and legal liability purposes.

  • Job Applications: Retained for [e.g., 6–12 months] if unsuccessful, unless you consent to us keeping your CV on file.

8. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”).

  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.

  • Request erasure of your personal data (the “right to be forgotten”).

  • Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest.

  • Request restriction of processing of your personal data.

  • Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.

  • Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@beeitsolutions.co.uk.

9. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

9.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to collect information about how visitors use our website.2 We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an aggregate form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.3

  • Lawful Basis: We only trigger Google Analytics cookies if you provide your explicit consent via our cookie banner.4

  • Data Minimisation: We have configured Google Analytics to protect your privacy, including ensuring that IP addresses are not stored and data sharing with Google for “advertising purposes” is restricted unless you specifically opt-in to marketing cookies.

9.2 Specific Cookies Used

Below are the primary Google Analytics cookies we use:

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. 2 years
ga<container-id> Used to persist session state. 2 years
_gid Used to distinguish users (Legacy/Universal Analytics if still active). 24 hours

 

9.3 How to Manage and Opt-Out

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” icon on our website.

Additionally, you can prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available here:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

10. Third-Party Links

This website may include links to third-party websites. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.